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bureaucracy
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labor, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
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In countries where the levers of power are in the hands of a state bureaucracy, the monopolistic control over the media, often supplemented by official censorship, makes it clear that the media serve the ends of a dominant elite.
(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
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